The Carter Museum, in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a one story, hewn log house with white chinking and a shed roofed addition built on the side. A sash window is next to an open door, and stovepipes rise from the roof. A pile of rounded rocks and antlers is in the foreground on the lawn, and a wooden water trough is to the left. Evergreens surround the building, and other structures are partly visible through them in the background.

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Formerly F22838.; Printed label on back of photoprint reads: The Carter Museum: one block west and north of the courthouse: now a private residence. Edwin Carter, a taxidermist and naturalist, came to Breckenridge in 1868. His collection, made here, formed the nucleus of the present Denver Museum of Natural History and much of it is to be seen there. Carter was almost too ambitious. He slaughtered 365 Ptarmigan, those small high-altitude partridges, one for each day of the year, in order to establish their seasonal color changes. Many people think he could have done just as well with fewer and believe he (sic) partly responsible for the decimation of these now rare birds.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100009152

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